Canadian Marathon Championships

2019 Canadian Marathon Championships

Registration

This event is open to everyone. Only those registrants who are Canadian citizens and members of Athletics Canada will be eligible for Championship medals and prize money.

Athletics Canada Members

To become an Athletics Canada member and have the right to be awarded the title of Canadian Champion and receive prize money, please contact your provincial branch. See a list of branches at: https://athletics.ca/federation/branches/ or directly with Athletics Canada at (613) 260-5580.

Athlete Citizenship Eligibility

The following athletes are eligible to compete in Canadian Marathon Championships:

Canadian Citizens who are Athletics Canada members;

Only Canadian Citizens are eligible to be declared Canadian Champions and receive a medal, award, or financial recognition.

Non-Canadian citizens are not eligible to be declared Canadian Champions and receive a medal, award, or financial recognition.

Elite Applications

Elite athlete applications closed on July 26th. We will inform each applicant of their elite status by August 6th.

Elite standards

Men

Open — sub 2:10:00

Sub Elite — sub 2:20:00

Masters — sub 2:23:00

Women

Open — sub 2:30:00

Sub Elite — sub 2:45:00

Masters — sub 2:50:00

Athletics Canada’sMarathon Trials

This year the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) introduced a new qualification system for Tokyo 2020. The system allows athletes to qualify for the Games by achieving an IAAF standard – 2:11:30 for men and 2:29:30 for women in the marathon – or based on their position in the new World Rankings points system.

Athletics Canada will nominate six athletes, three men and three women, who have met Olympic standard or are in contention on the IAAF World Rankings list on June 3, 2020. The 2019 Canadian Marathon Champions will have priority and will automatically be nominated if they are on the IAAF lists and are eligible for nomination as outlined in Athletics Canada’s Olympic Selection Criteria.

Visit Athletics Canada for more information, important dates, and Olympic Selection Criteria.

Awards & Prizing

Presentation of awards will be at 11:30am on the stage in Nathan Phillips Square to top 3 overall males and females, and top Canadians, in the marathon.